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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
THE HELPERS FIRST CALF.

If heifer is herself Spring calf, it
is not generally best to allow her to
drop calf much before she is two
years old. But, if she was herself born
in the Fall she may be bred when nine
or ten months old. thus dropping a
calf when she is eighteen or nineteen
months old. There is a general idea
that heifer's first calf is not worth
raising. Possibly, for making beef
breed it may not, but some of the best
cows have ever know were thus bred.
Jersey cows are noted for their eaIliness
in coming to breeding age. In the
warm climate of their island home they
breed at an early age, and this helps to
explain not only their small size, but
their acknowledged excellence for the
dairy. The vitality of the young heifer
is so so0n diverted to milk production
that it bee ONES the most important func-
ton in the animal economy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
FARM AID HOUSEHOLD.
TIE MnRLn.

The world is a queer old fellow.
AZ you journey along by his side
lou had better conceal any trouble you feel,
III you want TO tickle his pride.
No matter how heavy your burden
Don't tell him about il, pray:
He viii only grow colder and shrug bis shoulder
And hurriedly walk away.
But carefully cover your sorrow.
And the world will be your friend.
II only you'll bury your woes and be merry
He'll cling T. you close To the end
Don't ask him 20 lift one finger
To tighten your burden. because
be never will share ii; but silently bear Ii
And be will be loud with applause.
The world Is vain old fellow;
Y0u must laugn at his sallies Of wit.
No matter how brutal. remonstrance is futile,
And frow ms will not change him one whit
And since you must journey together
Down paths where all mortal feet 90,
Why, life holds more SAVIOR TO keep in his favor,
For he's an anmerciful foe.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

says scientific exchange, s'from a pulp,
consisting Of one partvegetable fibre, two
parts asbestos, one-tenth part borax, and
one-ffth part alum.n 1t is a pity that such
facts as the one following cannot be written,
printed or otherwise preserved, upon some
sort Of indestructible paper. "My wife
suffered seven years and was bed ridden,
too said W. T. Huestis, Of Emporia,
Kansas, "a number of physicians failed to
help her. D.. Pierce's Golden Medical DIS
covery' cured herr Ali druggists sell this
remedy. Everybody ought TO keep It 1t
only needs q trial.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
WORTH KNOWING.

When a horse trots a mile in two
minutes he will need to go forty-four
feet every second.
The three best grapes for general
use are. Black, Worden; white, Niagara;
red, Brighton.
Wheat and barley are advocated for
forage crops as preferable to rye by a
correspondent of the Homestead.
I'm spite of discouraging reports
from the West the emigration in that
direction this Spring is larger than
ever.
Set half dozen hens the same day
so that the chickens viii come at once
and be divided among three or four out
of the six, selecting, OF course, the best
and tamest hens for mothers.
Mr.. 7. B. Wakeman. of Green's
Farms, Conn, raised 1000 bushels Of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
CORN IN THE NORTHWEST.

At the late Wisconsin institute a
weil-known farmer gave his views on
corn culture on what might be called
thin soils, with clay sub-soil. He adj
vocated shallow blowing. The sur
face soil is the natural home for the
corn roots rather than fresh upturned
stratum of inert sub-soIl. The seed
corn needs TO be placed where the first
young roots can find their proper food
in soluble form. Later on the stronger
plant has power to appropriate and di-
5est more refractory diet
While corn sends down top root
to great depth, often twenty-four
inches in hard clay soil, the lateral
roots are inclined to keep very near
the surface and fill the first few inches
in depth with perfect network.
Corn land should be MANFRED in
Winter, when there is more time TO do
this work, and because the Spring thaws
and rains carry the soluble plant-food.
already prepared for young roots, in
to the soil where ii is needed. When
plowed under deeply the roots which
love heat will run above it near the
warm surface. The manure, too, on
the s1rface helps like a sponge to hold.
in dry weather, all the water that falls
from above or that GENES up by capil-
larry attraction from below.
It is important, while theland is only
plowed four inches in depth, that it
should be made exceedingly fine and
compact before planting. The planting
is done four kernels to the hill, four
thousand hills to the acre, five rows to
the rod. The acre of good land, for
such good clover sod MANFRED always
is, should be able to carry 10000 corn
plants, and this will give us at eighty
ears TO the bushel 200 bushels per acre.
Cultivation of corn should always be
shallow, at least after the plant has OBJ
tanned any considerable size. As the
roots begin toreach out in search offood
they should be protected, aud instead
of deep cultivation TO cut off and LAGER
ate them, they should be fnstcloG AMI
protected, and induced ogrow by shall
low work to make fine mulch of the
top soil. This will keep moisture near
the warm SURFACE, where the roots like
to feed
The greatest part of corn cultivation
can be done by thorough preparation of
the soil l,efore planting, and while the
corn is small, with light running slant
tooth d ag. The drag not only keeps
the land fine and free from crusting,
but kill weeds better than any cultivt-
tor, as it '.combs" the entire surface t
the ground. II always pays to rota,e
the corn crop with clover as a cleaning
crop for the.land, and saves subsequent
labor in weed-killing.
Hand hoeing should be resorted to
rather than allow weeds and grass to
get into the rows, but no killing up
should be allowed. Level culture, with
frequent shallow stirring, keeps the soil
from drying out in drying weather, and
the growth of the crop is not arrested.
The speaker testified that his corn crop
bad been over 200 bushels of ears per
acre and in 1884 it reached 240 bush
els.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
ovERFEEDING HORSES.

1t is no sign that horse has not
enough to eat because its manger is
empty part of the time. A horse ought
to have what it will eat and no more.
A little excess sours in the horse 5
Manager and prevents it from eating
enough. A horse will grow poor with
hay before il all the time. Yet when
active work begins, and the horse has
not time to be always eating, it win
gain flesh. 1t is one Of the advanta y
of always giving an oat ration to horses
that the feeder may and win be more
saving of the hay. and not overload
the animals stomach so as TO make it
unfit for active labor. City livery men
apparently understand horse-feeding
better than do the majority of farmers.
Monroe County, n. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
METAL PREsERyArIvE.

As ametal preservatIyn, the Farmer ;
Advocate recommends a coat of thick
lime-wash. Another good article is
made by dissolving an ounces of nnseed
oil, and while hot mix this with quart
of kerosene and stir well This is laid
on to smooth iron with a paint brush or
with rag. To remove rust from tools
nothing is better than a mixture con-
sisting Of little oil of vitriol poured
slowly into pint of water; and apply
this TO the rusted metal Wash of
with water, following with the preserv-
alive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
ASPARAGUS BED.

We know of no good reason why
every garden should not have a bed of
asparagus, and large one, too. Once
planted in good garden soil, and the
crop is certain for many years to come.
The most suitable soil is deep, light
loan, and it should be underdrained.
Whatever labor and OUTLAY is put into
its preparation to have it deeply worked
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

and MANFRED win be returned aaain
to the doer, and with high rate of
interest. The more manure the great
er the product; at the rate of fifty two
horse loads TO the acre would be the
right thing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

A REGARD ring is one set with stones
the initial letters Of which. when set in
a certain order. spell the word regard
They are as follows. /. ruby, en-
erald; 3. garnet; 4, amethyst; ). ruby;
6. diamond.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
VEGETABLES VS. DRUGS.

We wish our brother farmers would
adopt our creed, viz; That vegetables
are better than drugs. Spinach has a
direct effect upon complaints Of the
kidneys. The common dandelion, used
as greens is excellent for the same trou-
bic. Asparagus purifies the blood.
Celery acts upon the nervous system.
Tomatoes act upon the liver. Beets
and turnips are excellent appetizers.
Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling eff
fects upon the system. Red onions are
an excellent diuretic White onions
eaten raw are Recommended as remedy
for insomnia. Raw or cooked they are
splendid tonic. Farmers, plant a
garden, and plant it now W. Rob
son. an Kansas Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

Mis-. CHADWICK. niece Of Roscoe
Coukling.is one Of the brightest women
in Washington society. When she was
studying IN Vienna the empress Of
Austria presented her with the prize
for the highest scholarship.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

EAGLES have played havoc with
young lambs in Grant county, Oregon.
this spring. One farmer lost mime
lambs III one dav. The method Of tie
eagle j. to swoop down upc4 a help
less little lamE aud knock him over.
and then with another swoop pick him
up and carry nim away. to be eaten At
lafsYlra
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

DURING the recent cold spell a man
came into Remove. Pa, from Tamarack
swamp. Drinking with him seven
gronnd-hogs which he had found frozen
to death on the mountain road leading
10 Remove.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
DRAG IN CORN sTuBBLE.

The first work on the soil in the
Spring should be dragging down corn
stubble to prepare it for blowing. This
can be done several days before the
soil is dry enough to pillow, and, as it
viii break the crust and admit air. it
will generally hasten the drying out
process. The uprooting of corn stubs
so that they may be better covered
by the pillow is one of the incidental
advantages of this practice, but Iregard
it as far less important than its effect
in getting the soil in fine filth for the
seed. A smart team win easily drag
over ten or twelve acres a day, and
probably no better days work than
this will be done during the season.
Heavy soil becomes too compact by be-
ing beaten down by storms, and drag
ging lightens it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

James Speed. who was Lincoln's
Attoraey-General and one Of his nearest
advisers, ruthlessly demolishes the
pretty little story recently told about
Lincoln writing his famous Gettysburg
Grafton on his knee while en- route to
the dedication which called it forth.
Mr.. Speed says: Il was not in WASH
ington at the time Mr. Lincoln made
his Gettysburg speech and only know
what he told me of it. He said that he
partially wrote it before he left Wash
ington and finished it up after arriving
1t Getty sburg
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

PRINCESS VALERIE, the Emperor of
Austria's second daughter. has just
Published some charming verses in an
annual periodical connected with a
charitable institution for children
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
A SHEEP FARM.

When | was a small boy my father
purchased large farm which had been
devoted to sheep husbandry for years.
He went heavily into debt in the pur-
chase. and recollect to have heard
him say. a number II times. that the
sheep wticn had belonged to the former
owner paid for the farm. What he
meant was that they made the farm so
productive and caused il to yield such
bountiful crops, after he became its
owner, that he was thus enabled to
make his payments. This productive
ness lasted for years, and made the
farm famous for large crops -CoLoNEL
T. O. CURTIS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

4 cory of The General Laws and
Liberties # the Ma>-achus it, Colony. "
printed III Cambridge in 1912. was re
Gently purchased BY Bo,touian for
the low sum q 3. It i one Of the
two copies known to be in existence.
The Boston man was offered 5000 for
his treasure two days after his pur-
chase. but refused It.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

QUEEN VICTORIA is much pleased
with photo graph recently taken Of
herself by new process, which is de
scribed a making the picture look eX-
aetly ike au etching.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

IT is said the tide Of travel across the
Atlantic has set in 80 strongly toward
Europe that some Of the steamships
have been forced to suspend the issue
Of eastward tickets,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

ALBANY. \. T.. is one Of the three
great tcIegrtbaic ceuters in this country
having oys two hundred wires. New
York which stands first. has six hundred
wires.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

ELIZABETH AKERs ALLEN. the au-
thor Of Rock Me 10 Sleep. Mother"
i described as a handsome woman Of
imposing presence, with gray hair and
fresh complexion She now rocks
them to sleep. mother. herself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

1T IS stated that the London Times
has subsidized all the leading expertsin
handwriting in the English metropolis,
and it Is impossible to hope for an hon
est opinion on the Parnen forged letter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

FOUR thousand pennies were given at
an Easter collection in one Of the
churches in Kingston, \. Y. 1t took
some time to count the coins.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

THE New York Assembly has passed
a bin providing for a holiday on tine
first Monday in September, 70 beknown
as LA or Day" and making Satur-
days half-hclidays.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

Bishop JoHN WILLIAMS Of the Dio.
cese Of Connecticut is now the senior
Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of America.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

The following Is n proclamation
made at the Market cross Of Inserary,
Scotland. less than hundred years
ago. TIA hoy. TIE .ither a hoy, Ia
hoy three times, an to hoy-Whist.l
Bv command OF His Majesty. King
George. aud Her Grace te Duke o
Argyll: If anybody is found fishing
aboont te loch. or below te Ioch. afore
te loch. or ahind te loeh, in te loch, or
on te loch. aron' te loch. or about te
loch. shes TO be psrseels.jt wi three
persecution s; first she to he burnt, syne
she's 10 be drcwnt. IN then she's % Be
hangt-an If ever she comes Lack she's
to be persecutit vi IA waur death.
God save te King an Her Grace =
Duke o Argyll
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

MR. SHEARNAS aud Mr. Tilvory, of
Plymouth church, have been appointed
By the congregation to prepare aud
publish Beecher memorial.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

OSE Of the industries Of the boys and
girls at Lowville. n. r.. IS the gather
ing Of spruce gum. A great many
make over $ a day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

GEORGE GIBSON Of New York care
fully preserves the old silk hat worn By
Abraham Lincoln when he left Spring
field, IL. in 1861 to be inaugurated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

THE ex-Empress Eugene enjoyed
better health at Naples and received
more company than she had before
since her sons death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

1T is estimated By a correspondent Of
the Paris Matin that the republic costs
France $500. 10000 francs more year
II than the monarchy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

Az electrical railway has been tried
ezperimentalIy at Orange, \. j.. with
the best results. Eight miles an hour
were accomplished with the greatest
aaSp
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
IMPROvING the POULTRY.

1t costs very little to get setting
of thoroughbred eggs CT some valuable
variety. BY using the males of these
exclusively another year and setting
only eggs from the pure-bred hens the
entire stock may oe changed in two
years, and all for the price of setting
of eggs and little extra care. There
is no stock in which improvement in
variety by thorough breeding is so
easily and cheaply made as in poultry,
nor is there any where greater differ
ence exists between the best and the
mongrel birds found in too many
farmers yards.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

THE marquis Of Lothian, the new
secretary for Scotland, IS the head Of
the Ker Kerr or Carr family. The
Kers Of Cessford played a great part
in ancient border feuds against the
SCOTS In The Lay Of the Last
Minstrel j. a memorable prophecy
that the quarrel between these two
houses wound never be settled. But it
was. in 1859. BY marriage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

EIGHT thousand people are fed daily
by one New York restaurant.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

As fashionable confection, sugared vio-
lets are giving place TO candied dudes
brains. This CONNECTION is very scarce and
ca mes high.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

Fiye-year-Old Alice-Tommy, give me
half of your apple. Six-year-old Tommy
I'm sorry, but / can not. Alice Mamma
told me never Re DO anything by halves
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
INDIVIDUALITY OF FOWLS.

Fowls have marked individuality
In flock of Plymouth Rocks, the
members of which, to the careless
observer, look as near alike as the peas
in a peck measure, the owner can
select and call by its name each one.
The study of these individual traits.
the idiosyncracies of each fowl, is not
only interesting and, like virtue, its
own exceeding great reward, but it is
profitable in a pecuniary sense. Such
knowledge enables the owner to select
for breeding purposes not only the in
dividuals which score. the highest,
but those which are of the quietest
disposition, which are the most pro-
litic. and which in other ways possess
hose qualities which it is desirable
should be perpetuated. A hen'srecord
on eggs is in the last analysis Of great
er Importance than her score made up
from only exterior qualities. 5.
BABCOCK.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
MAPLE SUGAR.

Were | to select tree from which |
could make maple sugar as white as
snow | should take second growth,
standing in or near very cold spring
coming out of dry land. with no other
trees near, and having Southeas srn
exposure. All the above are natural
conditions. Now, with the knowledge
OF the internal makeup of the tree,
would tap il with three-eighths inch
bit through the last years growth Of
wood, or about one-fourth of an inch,
directly after a snowstorm and freeze,
at the maximum flow, using the Ohio
improved tin spout and a metallic buck
ct having a cover painted white, which
will keep out all storms and reflect or
radiate the rays of the sun, keeping the
sap cool, which my experience indicates
is very important. All ice formed in
the buckets should be gathered and put
into the store-tubs and when there is
more shovel in clean snow. and when
this fails get ice from the ice-house, pro-
vided it is clean. Sap should never be
stored in the room where it is boiled.
Sap should be gather aud boiled at once
directly to sugar without stopping to
strain. cool and settle, if extreme white
ness is desired. Timothy Wheeler in
Boston Cultivator
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

The man who wears tight boots never
trembles in his shoes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
BATHING.

1t is best to battle just before going
to bed, says writer in the London
Lancet, as any danger of catching cold
is thus avoided, and the complexion is
improved by keeping warm for several
hours after leaving the bath. A couple
of pounds of bran put into thin bag
and then in the bath-tub is excellent for
softening the skin. 1t should be left to
soak in small quantity of water sew
eral hours before being used. The in
ternal aids to clear complexion are
most of them well known, and the pre-
sent season Is the best for thorough
CLEANSING and purifying of the blood.
The old fashioned remedy of sulphur
and molasses is considered among the
best. Charcoal powdered and taken
with water is said to be excellent. but
it is most difficult to take. A strictly
vegetable and fruit diet is followed by
many for one or two weeks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
IOWA A GREAT STATE.

Iowa has more cattle than all the
Territories combined; more than any
other State in the Union except Texas;
more milch COWS than Texas:
more hogs than any other State;
more corn to feed them. and more
miles of railroad to carry her products
to market than any other State except
Illinois. Omaha Bee
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

/ have found a whitewash that is
however, not exactly pure white, but,
one that will stick. 1t may be made
as follows: Stake half bushel of stone
lime in hot water When done, pour
in two gallons of clear grease of any
kind and hot water enough to thor
oughly mix. Finish by adding enough
water TO make a barrel. For each
gallon of the grease, gallon of coal
tar may be substituted, with good
results. The addition of the grease
was suggested by seeing the brief state
ment somewhere that potash and
grease make soft soap, and soda and
grease hard soap. and lime and grease
insoluble soap" Some tree trunks
treated to a white-wash made rs above,
subjected since to three OF four heavy
rains, retain it like oil paint.-Corres-
pondent Country Gentleman.